Combined school desk and seat.



No. 662,|82. Patented Nov. 20, |900.

- G. P. BENTON.

COMBINED SCHOOL DESK AND SEAT.

(Apnlication filed Sept. 4, 1900.)

(No Model.)

- 'mit HHH ...MLRNML Humm " rre GEORGE P. BENTON, CF MATTAWAN, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF CNE-HALF TO CHARLES S. SMITH AND CALVIN A. FUI-IRMAN, OF LAWTON, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED SCHOOL DESK AND SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662,182, dated November 20, 1900.

Application led September 4, 1900. Serial No. 28,946. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern: of any suitable form and are provided with Be it known that I, GEORGE P. BENTON, a lugs or ears 9, which are bolted to the outer citizen of the United States, residing at Matsides of the slides 6, as at 10. Adjusting-bolts tawan, in the county of Van Buren and State 11 in the bridge-plates or spanners 4 serve 55 of Michigan, have invented a new and useful to secure the desk at any vertical adjustment, Combined School Desk and Seat, of which the the latter being vertically movable With the following is a specification. slides 6,as will be understood. Hence the desk My invention is an improved combined may be secured at any appropriate height, and school desk and seat; and it consists in the by loosening the bolts 11 the desk may be 6o 1o peculiar construction and combination of deraised entirely from the standards by Withvices hereinafter fully set forth, and particdrawing the slides 6 from the upper ends of ularly pointed out in the claim. the channels in which they are disposed. It In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis will be understood that the brackets which a perspective view of a combined school desk are secured to the ends of the desk-top and 65 and seat embodying myimprovements. (Fig. are also secured to the upper portions of the 2 is a detail sectional view of the same, taken slides 6 prevent the latter from becoming onthe line to a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar disengaged from the channel-standards eX- view of the saine, taken on the l-ine b b of Fig. ceptng by being withdrawn therefrom vertil. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of one cally, as hereinbefore stated. 7o zo of the seat-bars. Fig. 5 is a similar view of The brackets 12 of the-seat are bolted at one of the seat-supports. their upper and lower sides to the outer sides In the embodiment of my invention I proof the slides 5, as at 13, being provided with vide a pair of vertical standards 1, which are lugs 14, which bear against the outersides ot' preferably made of cast metal and provided said slides. The said brackets have their 75 Withsupporting-bases 2,adapted to bescrewed vertical portions connected together by slats or otherwise suitably secured to the floor, and 15, which form the back for the seat, and the the said standards are provided in their outer said brackets at their lower ends are provided sides with pairs of vertical grooves or chanwithsubstantiallyhorizontally-extendedarms nels 8, which are concave in cross-section, as 16, which support the bottom of the seat. 8o 3o shown, extend from the bases of the stand- The bottom of the seat comprises a pair of ards to the upper ends thereof, and are open bars 17 and a series of connecting-slats ls, at their upper ends. Each standard 1 is the ends of which are screwed or bolted to the formed with a Spanner or bridge-plate 4 on said bars. Hinge-joints 19 are formed bethe outer side thereof and at a suitable distween the bars 17 and the arms 16, as shown, 85 tance from the base of the standard, which the members20ofsaidjoints,which areformed Spanner or bridge-plate partly closes the outer with said bars 17, being provided with stops sides of the vertical channels 3. The said 2l, and the members 22 of said joints, which channels, as will be observed by reference to are formed with said arm 16, being provided the drawings, are straight from en d to end. with the shoulders 23, which coact with said 9o 4o In the said channels are disposed vertical stops to support the seat-bars when turned slides 5 6, which are straight, as shown, fit down or up. Bolts 24 form the pivots for snugly in the channels 3, are adapted to slide the seat. vertically therein, and have their outer sides The seat may be secured at any appropriush with the outer sides of the standards. ate height by loosening the bolts 25, which 45 It will be understood that the spanners or clamp the slides 5in the channels 3. It will bridge-plates 4 are Without the said slides, be understood that the slats 15, which conand thereby the lower portions thereof are neet the brackets 12, prevent the latter from retained in said standards, While permitted spreading apart and prevent the slides 5 from to move vertically therein. becoming released from the grooves or chan- 5o The desk comprises the inclined top 7 and nels.

the supporting-brackets S. The latter may be While the grooves 3 and slides 6 are herein shown as in the outer sides of the standards l, it will be understood that they may be disposed on the inner sides of said standards, if preferred. The slides may, if preferred, be cast integrally with the lugs or ears 9 14 instead of formed separately and bolted thereto, as shown.

Other modifications may be made Without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I do not limit myself, therefore, to the precise construction and combination of devices here shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, I claimi A combined desk and seat comprisinga pair of standards having vertical channels or grooves, a desk-top having brackets provided GEORGE P. BENTON.

Witnesses:

G. H. PRENTICE, WALTER CASH. 

